Books - CineVic

Book Library
updated May 2016
Categories:
Art Direction
Acting
Business
Cinematography
Editing
Filmmaking
Film Studies
Handbooks and Guides
Hollywood / Film Industry
Horror
Manuals
Miscellaneous
Novels and Scripts
Reviews
Art Direction
Advanced Illustration and Design
Author:
Jennings, Simon
Acting
The Theater and Cinema of Buster Keaton
Author:
Robert Knopf
Year:
1999
Examines the stunts, gags and images of the famous entertainer.
Promoting Your Acting Career
Author:
Glenn Alterman
Year:
1998
Covers everything from getting started in a career, marketing, networking, mailing campaigns,
internet promotion, and career options.
Sanford Meisner on Acting
Author:
Meisner, Sanford & Longwell, Dennis
Business
Motion Picture Distribution Handbook
Author:
Joseph F. Robertson
Year:
1981
Covers demographics, responsibilities of the producer and distributors, publicity campaigns,
MPAA, and copyrights, among other things.
The On Production Budget Book
Author:
Robert J. Koster
Year:
1997
Includes a CD-Rom program to help you better budget your productions.
Canadian Dreams
Author:
Posner, Michael
Cinematography
The Technique of the Motion Picture Camera
Author:
H. Mario Raimondo Souto
Year:
1967
Discusses 35mm cameras, 16mm camera, and shooting techniques.
TV Lighting Methods
Author:
Gerald Millerson
Year:
1975
Detailed information about lighting, aimed at making it quick and efficient.
UVA's Basic Grip Book
Author:
Michael G. Uva and Sabrina Uva
Year:
2002
Covers subjects such as equipment, grip equipment, the grip department, call time, setting up,
etc.
Cinematographer's Field Guide
Author:
Kodak Motion Picture Camera Films
Year:
1997
Includes information about camera, filters, techniques, packaging and ordering stock.
'Hands-On' Manual for Cinematographers (Second Edition)
Author:
David Samuelson
Year:
1998
Very technical manual. Includes charts and diagrams.
Practical Motion Picture Photography
Author:
Russell Campbell
Year:
1970
Talks about the cinematography process from conception to completion.
Professional Cinematographer
Author:
Charles G. Clarke A.S.C.
Year:
1968
Technical information, such as filters and lighting.
Editing
First Cut: Conversations with Film Editors
Author:
Gabriella Oldham
Year:
1992
Includes interviews with noted editors, such as Paul Hirsch (Star Wars, ect.)
Introduction to Film Editing
Author:
Bernard Balmuth, A.C.E.
Year:
1989
Discusses job hunting, apprenticing, assistant editing, dailies, syncing, first cut, opticals, and
the final cut of a film.
The Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Manage the Near
Chaos of the Cutting Room
Author:
Norman Hollyn
Year:
1990
Covers the critical information about film editing. Covers wages, equipment, shooting, prep, and
special effects.
Filmmaking
Frank Capra: The Name Above the Title
Author:
Frank Capra
Year:
1971
Autobiography of the famous filmmaker of "It's A Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington."
Kino Delirium: The Films of Guy Maddin
Author:
Caelum Vatnsdal
Year:
2000
Examines the films of the eccentric Canadian filmmaker.
Filmmaking on the Fringe: The Good, the Bad and the Deviant
Directors
Author:
Maitland McDonagh
Year:
1995
Includes interview with directors that started in extremely guerrilla fields, such as Sam Raimi,
Joe Dante and Wes Craven.
The Cinema of Fritz Lang
Author:
Paul M. Jensen
Year:
1969
Discusses films by the German director, such as "Metropolis" and "M".
Making Movie: The Inside Guide to Independent Movie
Production
Author:
John Russo
Year:
1989
Includes interviews Oliver Stone, Lizzie Borden, Tobe Hooper, Sam Raimi, George Romero and
Tom Savini.
Directing the Documentary (Second Edition)
Author:
Michael Babiger
Year:
1992
Talks about research strategies, crew roles and responsabilities, composition, editing, lighting
tips, and interviewing/directing skills.
The Primal Screen: How to Write, Sell, and Produce Movies
For Television
Author:
Bob Shanks
Year:
1986
Covers all aspects of writing and producing a movie.
PostAge: The Handbook of Post-Production For Film and
Television (Second Edition)
Author:
David Dewar
Year:
1994
Talks about post-production on various formats, such as film, electronic, and video,.
Cinema Workshop (Fourth Edition)
Author:
Anton Wilson
Year:
1983
Information about various aspects of filmmaking.
The Film Director's Team: A Practical Guide to Organizing and
Managing Film and Television Production
Author:
Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward
Year:
1983
Discusses general concepts, industry methods, pre-production, production, and professionalism.
Television Production Handbook (Fifth Edition)
Author:
Herbert Zetl
Year:
1992
Talks about Television Systems, computers, digital equipment, CCD cameras, VTR systems,
aesthetics, and more.
Film Studies
The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg
Author:
John Baxter
Year:
1971
Examines the films and themes of this filmmaker.
The Cinema of Roman Polanski
Author:
Ivan Butler
Year:
1970
Examines the films and themes of the controversial filmmaker.
The Films of Woody Allen (Updated)
Author:
Robert Benayoun (Translated by Alexander Walker)
Year:
1987
Examines the history and themes of the famous filmmaker's filmography. Contains many black
and white, and colour pictures.
A World of Movies: 70 Years of Film History
Author:
Richard Lawson
Year:
1979
Contains mostly black and white photographs from famous film and famous stars.
Directors: The All-Time Greats
Author:
Neil Synyard
Year:
1985
Examines directors such as Steven Spielberg and David Lean.
The Film Director as Superstar
Author:
Joseph Gelmis
Year:
1970
Covers directors such as Kubrick, Lester, Mailer, Nichiols, Penn and Polanski.
The Movie Directors Story
Author:
Joel W. Finler
Year:
1985
Provides accounts of the careers of 140 directors who have "made their mark" on "EnglishSpeaking Cinema" and Hollywood in particular.
Projections 3: Filmmakers on Filmmaking
Author:
John Boorman and Walter Donohue
Year:
1994
Includes musings from Francis Ford Copploa, Syndey Pollack, Lawrence Kasdan, Quentin
Tarantino, and Gus Van Sant.
Six European Directors
Author:
Peter Harcourt
Year:
1974
Discusses directors such as Eisenstein, Renoir, Bunuel, Bergman, Fellini, Goddard.
The Emergence of Film Art (Second Edition)
Author:
Lewis Jacobs
Year:
1979
Covers the evolution of the motion picture as an art form between the early 1900s to the late
1970s.
Understanding Movie (Sixth Edition)
Author:
Louis Giannetti
Year:
1993
Discusses photography, mise en scéne, editing, sound, acting, drama, and literature.
The Cinema as Art
Author:
Ralph Stephenson & J.R. Debrix
Year:
1970
Argues that cinema is an art form that is "unique in its immediacy and scope."
Film: A Montage of Theories
Author:
Richard Dyer MacCann
Year:
1966
Discusses various, often conflicting, theories of film.
Film as a Subversive Art
Author:
Amos Vogel
Year:
1974
Analyzes how aesthetic, sexual and ideological subversives use film to challenge views and
preconceived notions. Warning: includes large amounts of nudity.
Issues in Feminist Film Criticism
Author:
Patricia Erens
Year:
1990
Discusses feminism in various contexts, by a variety of female authors.
Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism
Author:
Diane Carson, Linda Dittmar, and Janice R. Welsch
Year:
1994
Discusses theory, criticism, the "problem of sexual difference and identity", and Marxist-feminist
film theory.
Suspense in the Cinema
Author:
Gordon Gow
Year:
1968
Examines how suspense can be induced by cinema, more than any other.
The Cinema of Francois Truffaut
Author:
Graham Petrie
Year:
1970
An analysis of the famous French director.
Interview With Film Directors
Author:
Andrew Sarris
Year:
1969
Interviewees include Ingmar Burgman, Peter Brook, George Cukor, Federico Fellini, John Ford,
Jean-Luc Godard, Howard Hawks and Orson Wells.
How Movies Work
Author:
Bruce F. Kwain
Year:
1987
Covers materials somewhere between technically minded film theory and more broad film
history.
Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies
Author:
James Sanders
Year:
2001
Catalouges and analyses the use of New York and its skyline in motion pictures.
Film World
Author:
Ivor Montagu
Year:
1964
Discusses film as a science, an art, a commodity, and as a "vehicle."
Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies
(Revised and Updated)
Author:
Robert Sklar
Year:
1994
Discusses the rise of movie culture, movies in the age of mass culture, and the decline of movie
culture.
The Contemporary Cinema
Author:
Penelope Houston
Year:
1963
Views cinema as a art form unique to the 20th century.
Fritz Lang
Author:
Lotte Eisner
Year:
1976
Talks about the life and film style of German Expressionist director, Fritz Lang.
The American Cinema
Author:
Andrew Sarris
Year:
1968
Discusses American filmmakers such as Robert Altman, Frank Capra, Cecil B. De Mille and Blake
Edwards. Also talks about a large number of non-American filmmakers.
Film: An Anthology
Author:
Daniel Talbot
Year:
1966
"A diverse collection of outstanding writing on the film." Discusses aesthetics, social
commentary, analysis, theory, technique and history.
Representing Reality
Author:
Bill Nichols
Year:
1991
Examines documentaries as a fiction, and how it represents the historical world.
Handbooks and Guides
Film by Samuel Beckett: Complete
Scenario/Illustrations/Production Shots
Author:
Samuel Beckett
Year:
1969
A detailed analysis of the only film, "Film", by Samuel Beckett.
Get A Reel Job: Finding Your First Job in the Film Industry
Author:
Philip Nemy
Year:
1999
Talks about the process, financial and logistical, of moving to Los Angeles, resumes, agents,
writing, directing, producing, and acting.
Hollywood / Film Industry
What I Really Want to Do Is Direct
Author:
Billy Frolick
Year:
1997
Follows seven aspiring filmmakers struggling to build a career in directing in Hollywood.
Private Screenings
Author:
The American Film Institute with Duane Byrge
Year:
1995
Insiders such as Tom Hanks, Rob Reiner, Jodie Foster, Martin Scorsese, Jack Lemmon, Laura
Dern, Danny Glover and Robert Zemeckis, share a century of great movie moments.
BC Film Industry Student Manual (Second Edition)
Author:
Jane Still
Year:
2000
Information about the BC film industry, such as terminology and set etiquette.
Cue the Elephants! Backstage Tales at the CBC
Author:
Knowlton Nash
Year:
1996
Anecdotal stories from CBC programs. Covers CBC radio, TV dramas, flops, successes, and
controversial events.
Horror
Dracula: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the
Man, the Myth and the Movies
Author:
Clare Haworth-Maden
Year:
1992
Talks about the various screen incarnations of the classic character.
Horror: A History of Horror Movies
Author:
Tom Hutchinson and Roy Pickard
Year:
1983
Talks about the various horror characters and conventions present in the film genre.
The Fearmakers: The Screen's Directorial Master of Suspense
and Terror
Author:
John McCarty
Year:
1994
Talks about filmmakers such as Tod Browning, James Whale, Roger Corman, William Castle,
Roman Polanski and George A. Romero.
Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films From the Genre's
Golden Age
Author:
Gregory William Mank
Year:
1994
Covers movies such as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", "The Mask of Fu Manchu", "Mark of the
Vampire" and "The Walking Dead."
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (Revised
Edition)
Author:
David J. Skal
Year:
2001
Chronicles the history of movie monsters throughout the ages.
Manuals
Final Draft - Professional Script writing Software: Getting
Started (Version 6)
Author:
Final Draft
Year:
2001
Takes the reader step by step for using the screenplay writing software.
Mascelli's Cine Workbook
Author:
Joseph V. Mascelli, A.S.C.
Year:
1973
Heavy on technical information about shooting.
Miscellaneous
25 Years of Connecting at the Center for Art Tapes:
Intersections
Author:
James MacSwain
Year:
2004
Ten artists contribute writings about vital aspects of the video art movement in Halifax and
beyond.
New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader
Author:
Michael Aaron
Year:
2004
Examines gay and lesbian content in films since the early 1990s.
TV Scenic Design Handbook
Author:
Gerald Millerson
Year:
1984
Talks about the background of design, basics, scenic construction, staging techniques, staging
practices, shoestring staging, scenic effects, and scenic operations.
Novels and Scripts
Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing
Author:
Joel and Ethan Cohen
Year:
1991
Contains the screenplays of the critically acclaimed films by the Cohen Brothers.
Agee on Film: Five Film Scripts by James Agee
Author:
James Agee
Year:
1960
Contains the screenplays "Noa Noa", "The African Queen," "The Night of the Hunter", "The
Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", and "The Blue Hotel."
The Essential Bogosian
Author:
Eric Bogosian
Year:
1994
Contains the screenplays "Talk Radio", "Drinking in America", "Funhouse & Men Inside".
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House: Writings 19731994
Author:
Bill Viola
Year:
1995
Contains a selection of essays, notebook entries, interviews, drawings and descriptions of
projects by the author.
Ingmar Bergman: The Marriage Scenarios
Author:
Ingmar Bergman
Year:
1983
Compilation of three of Ingmar Bergman's best screenplays, "Scenes froma Marriage", "Face to
Face", "Autumn Sonata".
Andrei Tarkovsky: Collected Screenplays
Author:
William Powell and Natasha Synessios (Translators)
Year:
1999
Collection of scripts written by the Soviet filmmaker, including "Solaris", "Mirror", "Stalker", "The
Sacrifice."
Great Film Plays
Author:
John Gassner and Dudley Nichols (Editor)
Year:
1959
Includes scripts for films "It Happened One Night", "Rebecca", "The Life of Emile Zola", "Good
Earth", "All That Money Can Buy", "Stagecoach."
Getting Even
Author:
Woody Allen
Year:
1971
A collection of Woody Allen's comedy writings from the 1960s.
Four Screenplays of Ingmar Bergman
Author:
Ingmar Bergman
Year:
1969
Includes scripts for "Smiles of a Summer Night", "The Seventh Seal", "Wild Strawberries", "The
Magician."
Becket
Author:
Jean Anouilh
Year:
1964
The screenplay of the motion picture starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.
Metropolis
Author:
Fritz Lang
Year:
1973
The original screenplay of the seminal silent film "Metropolis", directed by Fritz Lang, translated
from German into English.
How to Write For Animation
Author:
Jeffery Scott
Year:
2002
Includes information, such as the salaries and job market for animation writers, and writing for
the internet or animated TV series.
Reviews
Cineaction, Issue 60
Author:
Scott Forsyth, Florence Jacobowitz, Richard Lippe, Susan Morrison, Robin Wood
Year:
2003
Examines trends and films from east Asian countries, such as South Korea, Japan, Mainland
China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.